This week was fan-freaking-tastic. I finally sent my project after 10 days of battling, 1,879 miles of driving from Boston to Connecticut after work, $3,400,904 worth of gas, and 17.5 burritos from El Sombrero (That's an exaggeration, but let's have some fun here folks). The day it finally went, I drove approximately 100 miles per hour down to the boulder after work (or so it seemed), hiked out 4 pads, warmed up on a traverse, and sent first go of the day. I was all alone. Or at least I thought I was. Dan Bates, the Bradley Sheriff,...

After a pretty chill month and then taking second place and the second annual JIBS comp run by the Philly Rock Gym, I took a week off climbing to go hang out and snowboard with family in Vermont. The comp was awesome, with fun climbs, great setting, and a good atmosphere, and I'd definitely recommend checking it out. Once I got back from Vermont, I had half a day to get ready to go to Hueco Tanks Texas! I was going for a week with my friends Ashima Shiraishi, Alex Coda, Julien, Kate, and my coach...

Winter has come and gone for most of us. The view even from out my window presents just a spattering of snow. For the greater portion of Vermont, however, winter is still here. I am anxious to make the post-hole hike up to a couple of boulders that I haven't seen since last fall. It seems many folks have had great winters getting strong training indoors and staying psyched on those couple trips they were able to make to better conditions. My winter was not without such a trip and although just a...

My first trip to South America. It was a very spontaneous idea... During the Ice Climbing Festival in Kandersteg I was talking with Nico about Bigwalls in Patagonia. He planned to go there two weeks later. I didn't have any plans for February because I thought I had to learn for university. But at the end I could spend one month traveling. I was very lucky to book a good flight only 6 days before I started to Argentina. After a long flight I reached Buenos Aires. The plan was to go to Bariloche to meet Sean,...